9) A Virgin Daytona. My first accident with the Daytona. I decided I would see how fast I could take a curve on a gravel road. Well, obviously I should have taken it slower because I flew off the road and hit a fence post.
8) Daytona vs. Ratch. This one was just flat out retarded. I was parked up next to Ratch at a friendly get-together at the Mugas' residence. For what-ever reason I went up against his bumper and pushed his car until I broke the headlight casing. Only God knows why I do the things I do sometimes.
7) Jumping Median w/the Regal. My parents had been nice enough to supply me with a car which they presented to me at Christmas as a gift. It didn't take me too long to ruin that gift. In February I hit a patch of slush, flew over the dividing median and proceeded to hit an on-coming car. The light just turned green so the other car was not going fast but never-the-less some nice new crinkles in my car.
6) "This is it" Accident. On my way to piano lessens with Curtis I hit some slushy gravel and took my parent's car into the ditch. Curt likes to joke that even before the car started to go in the ditch that I yelled "This is it!" as if somehow from my past experience of accidents I knew what was coming next. I can't deny that allegation. On a side note, this accident happened on the morning of prom day. I did some damage underneath the car so my mom, reasonably upset, made me pick up Talia in their older, damaged car.
5) The Perfect Hit. I was in Makato for a wedding. Me and my cousin Keith were bored and decided to leave early. On our way I saw that I was low on gas and so I started to look for a gas station. I found one on the right side of the road, but I quickly found out its bad practice to turn right from the left lane. I cut off the guy in the right lane and he hit me. This accident is number 5 because of the perfect placement of the hit: Right behind the passenger side door so Keith didn't get injured, but right before the rear wheel-well so I could still drive home.
4) My newest addition to my accident list. I rear-ended a lady on I-494 near I-35W. The only reason I left the house was to get the new Wilco CD. As always no one was hurt, although her car was totalled. My car somehow came out of the accident unscathed except for a couple scratches on the bumper. The legal preceedings following the accident were unnecessarily difficult and stressful. All turned out well but I did have to pay a fine for "unattentive driving." Never have I bought a CD that turned out to be such a hassle or so expensive.
Unbelievably, this was my only accident in the Ick. Some guy pulled out in front of me without blinking. I slammed on my brakes but there was no way I could stop in time and I hit him in the back left corner. This accident is frustrating to me because of the 19 accidents I've been in it was the only one that wasn't my fault, yet it's one of the only accidents I have received a citation for.
Citation: Generally Speeding!?!?!?!?!?
2) I-694 in Reverse. This one was a little scary. I cut off a guy switching from the right lane to the middle lane. I was hit in the back left and it spun my dad's truck into a 180. I was going 50 mph on 694 backwards and staring down headlights! Somehow I ended up in the left-hand shoulder and was going straight backwards. After shock passed I realized all I had to do was put on the brake and stop. 694 was so busy that night it took me 15 minutes to find an opening to run across the freeway to meet the person I had hit. Bryce and Mike picked me up that night. Surprisingly, I was equipped with Cool Ranch Doritos so it was worth their trip out to get me.
1) The Rollover. What could be more severe than the my number 2? This is easily the most miraculous event in my life. A young Nolan, fresh to the world of driving, with only a driver's permit and accompanied by one RJ Tupy was on his way to Mark Trcha's farm to bail some hay. Suddenly, the truck hit some loose gravel and swerved to the left. RJ reached over to pull the wheel to the right just as Nolan did the same. An incident known as overcorrection then occurred as the truck went flying to the right, and as RJ later recalled, rolling 5 or 6 times. Neither passenger was wearing a seatbelt so Nolan flew out the driver's side window while RJ flew out the back window. Amazingly both passengers walked away from the accident relatively unscathed.
Honorable Involvement
1)Fire in dad's truck. My dad forgot to put the cover back on the power steering fluid and it sprayed out on the engine block and started on fire. I proceeded to run into Custom Cuts in Lonsdale screaming my truck is on fire! Not my fault, yet I was driving when it happened.
2)The other "this is it" accident. On the way home from a Bon Jovi concert Val Forcel rear-ended a car. Before the accident happened I got into crash position and told Medvec "this is it."
3)Snow Drift Jumping. Or should I say solid-ice drift jumping. Medvec I'd give you a perfect score for that jump, except Ratch got a cut on his head.